it may surprise hard core fundamentalist christians but many atheists have claimed jesus never existed.

they claim the NT and gospels are not evidence Jesus existed, nor the early christian movement, and since secular history is silent on jesus, minus tacitus and josephus,

Jesus never existed.

richard carrier, robert price earl doherty ga wells are the major proponents and many no name atheists also promote this

in the news

Written by a man who practiced magic who is called "Rahim son of Shadadan," the incantation"describes the seizure of a threatening creature [called] the 'devourer,'" wrote Madadh Richey and Dennis Pardee in the abstract of a presentation they gave recently at the Society of Biblical Literature annual meeting. That event took place in Denver between Nov 17 and 21. The blood of the devourer was used to treat someone who appears to have been suffering from the "fire" of the devourer[.]